welcome to this site--a space for people in activist communities who have faced trauma in actions, people who want to learn about trauma recovery and other generally interested folks. this site was established quickly to get info out to all the people who were assaulted by the police during actions against the ftaa and has grown daily since then. we want to explore issues of mental health as they relate to activist communities--including political trauma, ptsd, dissociation, burnout and how to create healing spaces to work through trauma and sustain the important work we do.

articles, analysis, stories, letters, etc.

active listening/peer counselling
• active listening & peer crisis counselling skills by basil
• a letter about this site, with info on grief counselling from helene

healing trauma
• 10 ways to recognize post-traumatic stress disorder
• coming out of jail stronger by starhawk
• dealing with anxiety by basil and billie
• the quickie on trauma debriefing by andrew rose
• nonviolent direct action trauma casualties
  and how to avoid them by rowan tilly
• a recovery bill of rights for trauma survivors

critical incident stress
• information about critical incident stress
• psychological and psychiatric effects
  of organized resistance and civil disobedience by michelle arsenault

activist preparedness
• grounding and centering for activists by starhawk
• mental trauma safe space by kinsey
• to fellow parents of anti-globalization activists by helene ginsberg

• the web site hosting the message board deleted it without notifying me... bear with me while i figure out some cgi and put my own up. or, e-mail me if you can help create a message board.
• join the action healing email list

• helping us spread the word
• e-mailing us your feedback, thoughts, critiques, links, etc.

• black cross health collective
       (has some info on emotional issues & tons of medical info)
• sidran traumatic stress foundation
• trauma pages

• a web site out for police officers
  who face job related post-traumatic stress.
       (has alot of insight into the lives of people that the owning-class put activists up against.)

• $70 to register the domain (www.healingtrauma.org) name with Internet Solutions, Inc.
• articles, information, your stories, etc. to add to this site.